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This month in security with Tony Anscombe – July 2026 edition

OpenAI models going rogue, the first documented agentic ransomware operation, and an emergent AI-driven supply chain thr...

AWS Blames North Korean Group for Axios and Other npm Supply Chain Attacks

AWS has linked North Korea to the axios campaign to other attacks on npm libraries

How splits on the right may threaten Poland’s pro-European camp

More than 40 MPs have walked out of Law and Justice, Poland’s largest opposition party, and will court centre-right vote...

North Korea’s economy grows over 3% annually since 2022: BOK

North Korea’s economic growth topped 3% for a third consecutive year in 2025, South Korea’s central bank announced Frida...

Anthropic Reveals Claude Escaped Testing, Breaching Three Companies

Anthropic has revealed that Claude AI models compromised third-party organizations

Radio broadcasts to North Korea important for would-be defectors: US official

The nominee to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) invoked the struggles of North Korean defectors during her ...

North Korea slams US Forces Japan expansion as Tokyo tests Tomahawk missile

Pyongyang accused Washington of turning U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) into a “de facto war command” aimed at a regional confl...

A bit of hedging: like others, Australia looks more to its region for security

In Australian foreign policy, there has long been a tension between those who place preponderant weight on our alliance ...

Defining modernity in South-East Asia

Mark Leonard welcomes LuHan Gabel, Ooi Kee Beng and Chelsea Nguyen to explore how younger generations in China, Malaysia...

Spreading AI widely is right. Spreading it recklessly is a gamble

American gun rights advocates are fond of saying that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with ...

Russia used North Korean missile in Ukraine for first time since 2025: Kyiv

Russia attacked Ukraine with a North Korean ballistic missile for the first time since last year, Ukrainian authorities ...

The army and Northern Territory are strategically aligned. Now move to action

The Australian Army and the Northern Territory government are aligned on defence strategy. The next step is implementati...

Global goods trade resilient in the first quarter of 2026 despite war in Middle East

World merchandise trade growth exceeded expectations in the first quarter of 2026 as surging trade in electronic compone...

China pushes harder in South China Sea – as global attention drifts away

In the South China Sea, China is expanding its presence in disputed waters and adopting increasingly dangerous tactics a...

Read This Before You Buy That TV Streaming Stick

Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years about the risks of using generic TV boxes that promise unlimited...

Cryptominer Abuses Linux PAM to Hide From SOC Analysts

Cryptomining crew abandoned root to impersonate low-privileged Linux users and evade SOC alerts

Batten Down Your Packages: Mitigation Guidance for Supply Chain Compromise

Written by: Kelli Vanderlee, Stuart Carrera For years, the cybersecurity industry's understanding of software supply cha...

AiTM Phishing Becomes Top Initial Access Threat to Law Firms

AiTM phishing is now the top entry point into law firms, with identity behind 56% of threats

Space Force outlines acquisition wins amid ongoing Department wide transformation at Air and Space Summit

Thomas Ainsworth, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, highlighted the Spa...

Teams-Themed Phishing Campaign Abused Legitimate Microsoft Login Pages

Check Point researchers detail phishing attack as an example of attackers dropping fake Microsoft login pages in favor o...

Google Releases Patches for 370 Vulnerabilities in Chrome 151

The new version of Chrome, 151, comes with 370 vulnerability patches, including for seven critical flaws

Korean War concert in Moscow reveals North Korean labor supply scheme: footage

Russian officials exposed an apparent labor recruitment scheme in the Moscow region while attending a Korean War commemo...

NCSC Calls on Vendors to Embed ‘Forensic Observability’ in Network Devices

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre wants network device makers to improve forensic observability

Digital euro app to incorporate highest accessibility standards

South Korean army to conduct mass review of weapons at border with North Korea

The South Korean army will conduct a service-wide inspection of frontline guard operations after reports that machine gu...

Can Cyber Operations Be Deterred? What Wargames Reveal

The most successful deterrent threats leave no evidence behind. No missiles fly. No networks go down. No troops cross bo...

Russia seeks to open new car bridge to North Korea in September: official

Russia aims to open its new car bridge across the Tumen River with North Korea in early September, a local official said...

AUKUS Pillar One will be won or lost on workforce

The success of Australia’s nuclear submarine program will depend on whether workforce, education and migration policy ca...

First find Australia’s economic vulnerabilities, then vigorously fix them

Australia needs a government-led national audit to identify where it is most vulnerable to interruption of critical over...

Brazil initiates dispute regarding additional duties imposed by the United States

Brazil has requested WTO dispute consultations with the United States regarding additional US duties on products origina...

Updated guidance on the 2026 Minimum Elements for a Software Bill of Materials

We've joined international partners to update SBOM minimum elements guidance, helping organisations improve software tra...

Australia and Japan are stewards of a wavering order

The Australia–Japan quasi-alliance is not a hedge against US unreliability, nor should it be seen in purely bilateral te...

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

How Mexico Locked In Its Militarized Police State

In 2021, Andrew Ivey wrote, “‘I Have Other Data’: The Guardia Nacional and the Entrenchment of Mexico’s Militarization’,...

LogoKit Phishing Kit Screenshots Victim Sites in Real Time

LogoKit now builds per-victim phishing pages using live screenshots of the target's real website

Russian-Alligned TA488 Returns With Persistent Outlook Web Access Attack

TA488 returned with OWA half-click exploit deploying OWAReaper implant that survived re-imaging

NATO’s digital arsenal: How Europe can avoid a new dependence on America

AI-powered command systems are becoming the backbone of modern warfare. NATO needs shared standards, but if those rest o...

The Average Cost of a Data Breach Rises to $5 Million

IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report warns that the global average cost of a data breach has reached a record high of $4.99m...

Two of a kind: How France and Italy can show the way for Europe’s Africa policy

Rome and Paris have each overhauled their economic strategies towards Africa in the past few years, competing openly for...

Just 1% of AI-Discovered Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild, Research Shows

For now, the use of AI benefits vulnerability research more than vulnerability exploitation, a VulnCheck researcher said